The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-10-25
COLONIAL NEWS!

ooy Iolduu.
Lewis Lewis, Jew of Sandhurst,
n. r., is 104 years old His father
died at 107.
Some important silver discoveries
have been made in the Northern Ter
ritory, N. z.
Influential residents OF Rockhamp-
ton are endeavoring to arrange for a
race between Hanlan and Trickett.
The King River Prospecting As
sociation (Tasmania) have struck a
patch of gold estimated at 40ozs to
the ton.
Reports from the Fiji sugar plan
tations are exceedingly favorable. A
yield of As to 46 tons to the acre is
mentioned.
The British warships Diamond and
Rapid have gone to New Guinea to
punish the murderers of two sailors
of the Cecilia.
Owing to an outbreak of smallpox
at Launceston, Tasmania, vessels
from that colony are quarantined at
Australian ports.
From London it is reported that
the Imperial Government intend to
concede responsible government to
Western Australia.
Hanlan has made arrangements for
training at Mortlake, on the PARA
malta, for his race with Beach. He
will be trained by G. Brett
Dirct steam communication has
been established between New Zea-
land and India. Trade had hitherto
been carried on by way of Sydney.
The New South Wales Govern
ment are considering the expediency
of introducing, conformity with the
other colonies, a measure to prevent
Chinese immigration.
There is some prob ability of trade
being opened up between Queensland
and the French Government for the
supplies of their army in China and
other parts of the East.
Rich deposits of gold have been
discovered along the Waitoa river,
New Zealand. There are thousands
of acres of auriferous roll similar to
that of which tests revealed paying
quantities of gold.
David Burns, connection of the
Scottish poet, Robert Burns, and him
self a poet of no mean ability, died
recently at Nelson. N. q. He was
much esteemed, largely for his warm
interest in education.
T. FL. Prichard has been sent as a
delegate from Fiji to Melbourne, with
a petition of nineteen twentieths of
the white population, in favor of
annexation to Victoria 1t is said
that the natives are also decidedly in
favor of change, on the ground that
they could not be worse off than at
present. The laws are extremely
oppressive to foreigners as we'll as
natives, many of them being I'M
known to the general public from
being only published in the Royal
Gazette. Lately a Mr. Hannah was
compelled to travel 120 miles to de-
fend himself against a charge of
breaking some regulation in hiring a
native laborer, and in the end was
fined f10.
Julian Thomas, ''the Vagabond," :"
who was in Honolulu few months
ago, sued the "Wesleyan Spectator"
for $4,000 damages. That paper
charged him with mendacity, giving
as an instance his statement in a lee
ture that King Thakombau became
an exemplary Christian after the loss
of his teeth and the ruin of his diges-
tion," and adding the comment, THE
man who could make such an asser-
tion is utterly unworthy of Gre
dence and confidence" Evidence was
given that the attendances at his
lectures were smaller by degrees and
beautifully less, but the jury could
not be persuaded that the paragraph
was a contributing cause. They
found verdict for Mr. Thomas, but
with only farthing damages, leaving
the question of costs to be argued.
The New Zealand elections on Sep
tember 26th resulted in the defeat of
the Ministry. One estimate makes
2S Ministerialists, 50 Opposition and
four doubtful Another is that 80
have been returned distinctly on the
opposition side, 32 distinctly as Min
isterialists and II Independent. Sir
Robert Stout, the Premier, was de
feated at Dunedin East, and MIR;
Tole, Minister of Justice, in one of
the Auckland suburbs. Of AZ mem
bers of the Legislature who voted
want of confidence in the Govern
ment last May, 27 have been re-
elected, while of 3S who voted with
the Government on the same occasion,
27 have been reelected. Sir Robert
Stout declared he would retire from
politics, and he sent in the resigna-
ton of the Misistry Major Atkinson
was sent for to form a new Minis
try, which was not completed at last
accounts.
H. B. NJ S. Opal arrived at FIJI
from Tonga ON the 9th Sept, and
her dispatches were delivered at
the Government House. She was
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